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Well-Being during pregnancy research
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Dr. Sabina Kleitman Dr. Sabina Kleitman is a lecturer at the University of Sydney. Her academic background is in the areas of metacognition, intelligence, personality and statistics. She has published many papers and contributed to many scientific conferences in these areas. The area of metacognition has dominated her research interests for more than a decade. After her own pregnancy in 2003-2004 she decided to study metacognition in pregnancy and its role in well-being. Believe it or not, the role of metacognition in pregnancy has NEVER been studied! Yet, it may play an important role in women’s well-being. Dr Kleitman has secured a grant to run the "well-being in pregnancy" project during 2006-2007, with the study currently in progress. We need many more volunteers to participate in this exciting new project. [ Dr. Kleitman's webpage ] |
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Laura Meakins Laura commenced her studies in psychology at the University of Sydney in 2002. From her first undergraduate year her academic pursuit has been coupled with vast and varying practical experience, including overseas aide work, voluntary youth work and regular pastoral counselling. She has two years work experience in organisational psychology, where she has been responsible for much of the HR and recruitment processes and the administering of psychological testing to various employees from different Australian corporations. She is currently completing her Honours year in child psychology, having developed a passion and interest in family and child psychology through much of her volunteer work. The title of her honours project is "The Effects of Exposure to Marital Discord on Young Children's Emotion Reasoning Ability." She hopes to be finished this project in 2007, graduating in May 2008. Laura has been part of the Well-Being Research team since May 2007 and is responsible for the administration of testing to both the non-pregnant and pregnant women involved in the study. |
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Darren Killeen Originating from Galway, Ireland, Darren has been based in Sydney since July 2000. He has a background in mathematics and statistics with a bachelor degree in Actuarial and Financial Studies (1998) from University College Dublin, Ireland. He attended the University of Sydney from 2002 to 2006, graduating in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Psychology. His empirical thesis, entitled “Investigating Rationality within the Bounds of Reason”, was completed under the supervision of Dr Sabina Kleitman. Its focus was on investigating specific biases in human cognition from an Individual Differences perspective. He has been working on the current research into well-being during pregnancy as Dr Kleitman’s research assistant since January 2007. Darren provides IT and statistical assistance for the Well-Being research. |
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